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I remember in stats class in high school we all played the lottery (well our parents did it for us because we were too young to do it on our own) and as a project we had to figure out the odds that one of us would win. We also sat around watching for the national lottery results hoping that one of us actually did win so that we could drop out of that stupid stats class ha. But actually it ended up being really fun, we got to talk a lot in class and play games and even though there was a lot of math involved, it wasn't as hard of a class that I thought it would be.

But we actually did learn a lot about the euro lottery and even what euromilhoes was. In the class we even talked about counting cards in games and betting in places like Vegas. My sister is taking that class now in high school and they got to watch the movie 21 which is really cool. It mainly revolved around betting and sports odds so it was actually interesting to a lot of us. Especially since I love going to the race track and betting on the horses, so having a whole section on that was pretty fun (and even useful ha, I used all of the tips I learned when I went the next time).

In college now as an actual credit you can take a stats class just like the one I took in high school and it counts towards your degree as an elective. But now since everyone taking the class is at least 21 we can go out and gamble and talk about it in class! It is so fun and once a month it involves a trip to the casino about 40 miles away with the schools sponsored money (and by that I mean part of the 30,000 dollars we pay to go to this school ha).

But I really do like that we have the option to take classes like this one. It is nice to be able to take a practical but also fun class that we can get out and also enjoy for actual credit. It is a break from having the same biology classes and chemistry and anatomy classes all day and is also an easy A to help my GPA.